MLB The Show 18 Patch 1.10 Available, Patch Notes Here

[ARoid1313]

MLB The Show 18 game update 1.10 is available now, check out the patch notes below....

Written By: Steve Noah

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[KBLover]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Those PCI changes will be interesting.

As is this:

This is a slight reduction of simulation aspects that we mentioned earlier that could have pushed a hit type up or down two categories based on the hitters fly-ball or ground-ball tendencies.

So...hitters DO have GB/FB rates? But this is completely hidden information? If so...why? And do pitchers have these as well?

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

When approaching gameplay changes within MLB The Show, we gather and digest feedback from all communication channels, types of players, and data gathered from millions of games played by you - the community. The goal of analyzing this data is to create a better experience for everyone, which has admittedly presented us with new challenges given that we have a new and large contingency of online competitive players. We've always strived to make the most realistic simulation baseball game on the market, and we've come to realize that some of our simulation systems have adverse effects in the online competitive environment.

We believe it's important that online competitive play is predicated on fair and balanced gameplay emphasizing user skill. On that note, we have been actively evaluating and testing changes internally that reduce certain simulation components in order to better achieve our competitive goals, while still maintaining the components that accurately simulate Major League Baseball.

Umm, so you're making the game less "sim" to cater to online folks (probably DD)? Gotcha.

[SmashMan]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Umm, so you're making the game less "sim" to cater to online folks (probably DD)? Gotcha.

Maybe, maybe not. They do say "We believe it's important that online competitive play is predicated on fair and balanced gameplay emphasizing user skill."...which could be read as these changes only effecting online gameplay.

Obviously, it could also mean that online competitive play spurred these changes across the entire game.

Guess we'll find out soon enough.

[ktd1976]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Maybe, maybe not. They do say "We believe it's important that online competitive play is predicated on fair and balanced gameplay emphasizing user skill."...which could be read as these changes only effecting online gameplay.

Obviously, it could also mean that online competitive play spurred these changes across the entire game.

Guess we'll find out soon enough.

In two-player games, hit types will more closely match PCI input (after timing, attributes and all other factors are involved). Single-player is unaffected.
Notes: This is a slight reduction of simulation aspects that we mentioned earlier that could have pushed a hit type up or down two categories based on the hitters fly-ball or ground-ball tendencies. To clarify, we haven't completely removed those tendencies, but they have been reduced to better match the results of your inputs. Remember, there are a lot variables that go into every hit ball.


This is from the official site.....So, if I read it right, one player games (IE offline franchise) would be unaffected....

[Smooth Pancakes]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Maybe, maybe not. They do say "We believe it's important that online competitive play is predicated on fair and balanced gameplay emphasizing user skill."...which could be read as these changes only effecting online gameplay.

Obviously, it could also mean that online competitive play spurred these changes across the entire game.

Guess we'll find out soon enough.

Honestly, I don't care if the game next year has no new features. I'd rather they spend this entire next year putting in the work so that any and all gameplay is entirely separated and isolated between offline and online. Anything they do to change online gameplay should have zero effect on offline gameplay unless they especially make the changes to both.

Just like bunting. Online should be it's own isolated gameplay where rocket bunts can exist, in offline gameplay, isolated off by itself as well, we could still have regular old bunting we always had.

That is my biggest and only wishlist item for next year, the complete and total separation and isolation of offline gameplay and online gameplay from each other, so us offline, franchise guys stop getting screwed by a bunch of changes, nerfs and stupidity like the rocket bunt that get made for online players.

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[jeffy777]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Wow, really cool to see these detailed patch notes. Hopefully we see this with every future patch. Nicely done, SDS.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

I do love the detailed patch notes. But even with that, I don't know exactly what to think of this. I dont really think they have franchise players in mind with this, just based on some of the explanation of why they are doing this. It could be great for zone hitters, or not so great for Franchise players...or both... we shall see...

For now im climbing out on the roof with my cable cutters out to ensure my PS4 doesn't download this patch until I get plenty more feedback.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Wow, really cool to see these detailed patch notes. Hopefully we see this with every future patch. Nicely done, SDS.

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Agreed. That is much appreciated.

[countryboy]

Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Umm, so you're making the game less "sim" to cater to online folks (probably DD)? Gotcha.

Actually if you read further you’ll see that the changes to make the game “less sim” only affect 2 player competitive games.

Single player games are not affected

EDIT: See KTD’s post above

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[Armor and Sword]

Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Umm, so you're making the game less "sim" to cater to online folks (probably DD)? Gotcha.

If you read the big change they made to PCI placement (for zone hitters) it does not affect single player games.

So no. They clearly separated this from us offline, simulation franchise players.

Edit - and I see CB said the exact same thing. My bad.




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[Mercury112491]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

LOL I love this forum. Both Shownation and Reddit have a fairly optimistic and excited outlook on this patch as it directly addresses things the community has been asking for. They also go through the trouble to try and balance online and offline games separately(what other developer does that?) Yet here on OS its negativity as usual lol.

I'm excited to get in and try these changes, looking at the examples they gave I'm afraid they didn't change the PCI size enough to make the fastball a viable pitch again but we'll see.

[BigOscar]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

I like that they finally have started actually saying what it is in patches, lets hope that continues and I'm also glad that they've separated online and offline.

My only gripe, on the face of it, is that they don't seem to have done anything to make contact hitters more effective, merely attempted to make guys with bad contact/vision less effective? Unless I'm missing something? Hopefully they address this by slowing down the fielders in the next patch, as at the moment it isn't just that the Joey Gallo's are overpowered, it's that the incredibly high contact guys are useless as they're just floating linedrives for the cyborg outfielders to easily get to

on the face of it they do seem to be at least attempting to address peoples complaints though, which is very welcome. (unlike last year where they went down the slightly dubious route of telling everyone their complaints were wrong! Not a great strategy tbh, definitely better to do it this way)

[xNeurosiis]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Posted patch notes on the main page.


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[countryboy]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

I do love the detailed patch notes. But even with that, I don't know exactly what to think of this. I dont really think they have franchise players in mind with this, just based on some of the explanation of why they are doing this. It could be great for zone hitters, or not so great for Franchise players...or both... we shall see...

For now im climbing out on the roof with my cable cutters out to ensure my PS4 doesn't download this patch until I get plenty more feedback.

I'll have feedback later this evening when I get home.